X-Men Legends - Video Games Forum

Alias · #1 (**permalink**) 09-25-2004, 08:39 PM

I think I'm gonna get it. I have a bunch of giftcards for EB Games that just keep being given to me as gifts, and I don't use them. I barely ever buy games anymore. So this game will be free for me.

This game is on all systems.

IGN's review

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Start of the review:

September 20, 2004 - I have played some really, really bad X-Men games in my life. There really have only been a couple of good mutie games throughout the entire existence of home consoles, and not a single good one this generation. It's been nothing but disappointment for X-fans for the past few years. Playing Activision's latest, X-Men Legends, is a lot like day 41 for Noah -- seeing the first ray of sunshine after a whole lot of darkness and downpour is thrilling. While not perfect, Legends does justice to the X-Men franchise and will almost certainly please fans. It's about damn time.

A Tale of X
A four-player dungeon-crawling RPG in the same mold as Baldur's Gate and Champions of Norrath, X-Men Legends begins with Wolverine's arrival in New York city to rescue a young mutant, Allison Crestmere (better known as Magma), who's being hunted by the Brotherhood of Mutants. Saving her sets in motion a series of events that lead to a cataclysmic battle worthy of the X-Men moniker.

Man of Action penned this 20-hour epic, which is a group composed of various comic creators who know the X-Universe like the back of their hand. That knowledge pays off in a very authentic story. Though the character design is clearly taken from the Ultimate X-Men comics, the back-story of each character is rooted in the classic Uncanny series. Things have been shifted around somewhat and the story itself doesn't take place within any one specific continuity (comic or movie), allowing for both an instant familiarity with the characters and their pasts, but also freeing up the writers to create a dramatic X-Men story that isn't beholden to any previous X-events (including the death of Colossus a few years back).

IGN gave it an 8.4/10

thedevilf · #2 (**permalink**) 09-25-2004, 10:28 PM

Is this for PSP or what..

If its for PSP thats like

holy sh!t

Diablo · #3 (**permalink**) 09-25-2004, 10:36 PM

No, it's for Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube. I might get it, it looks pretty cool. The graphics style is very cool. Different, and cool.

thedevilf · #4 (**permalink**) 09-26-2004, 12:17 PM

I knew it couldnt be for PSP..those graphics are way too good. Im not gonna go get it..Its a waste of money and I dont like X-men...bam.

Alias · #5 (**permalink**) 10-14-2004, 01:58 PM

Well I beat it yesterday. It was a pretty fun game.

Collossus is friggin awesome in it too.

MooK · #6 (**permalink**) 10-23-2004, 11:47 AM

I don't use collossus...i use nightcrawler, wolverine, storm, and gambit... Storm can take down like anything even immunes. Gambits staff is so strong. Nightcrawler is just cool.

thedevilf · #7 (**permalink**) 10-24-2004, 12:25 AM

Woah alias how long did it take you to beat it.

I like the commercial of the game.

Alias · #8 (**permalink**) 10-24-2004, 09:38 AM

I beat it 2 weeks after I got it. I didn't play every day though, because of school and stuff. If I played it as often as I played Spider-Man 2, I would've been done in less than 2 days since that was in the summer.

Diablo · #9 (**permalink**) 11-01-2004, 07:04 PM

Well I got it for my birthday yesterday from a friend, just started playing it today, it's a sweet game. I didn't get very far because Donkey Konga took up a few hours of my time, as did watching some Family Guy. I only got up to the beginning of the HAARP Facility mission.

Alias · #10 (**permalink**) 11-01-2004, 07:44 PM

My only real problem with this game is that after you beat the game, there's nothing you can do. You're just trapped at the save point before the last boss. There's no way after the fight (that I know of) to go back to old missions. It would be so much better if you could go back to older missions with the enemies leveling up with your characters.

Some time in the future I plan on starting a new file so I can use some other cool characters that I didn't spend much time using, like Nightcrawler.